And stockton mayor. I will say a few more words about them in a minute. But he really wanted to start by saying that we are gathering at a time where all as a country, and in particular, leading us as we go through a moment of deep pain and anguish for so many americans. That has come to the floor the last few weeks that it is a product of years and decades and really even centuries of any cool and unfair treatment. The murders of george floyd, breonna taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and many other black americans have shed a harsh light on the systemic racism that is pervasive in our country. People are not safe here. Now when they got their jobs are going to church, not even when they stay in our own homes. And they are too often killed at the hand of place. Black people. Right now our country is suffering of two abuses. One of them, medical professionals are working aroundtheclock theres a global effort to become a common entity. And still so many people are suffering. And dying. And for the
A court ban protesters in australia say they are running for Racial Justice and an end to aboriginal deaths in Police Custody. The fear is that perus hospitals are running out of oxygen for coronavirus patients the president orders plans to ramp up production. And france says its killed the leader of al qaeda in north africa in an operation in mali. A growing number of Us Police Departments are enforcing changes to their tactics in the wake of George Floyds death the city of minneapolis where he was killed is Burning Police chokeholds and will require officers who see colleagues using improper force to step in and stop them as well as banning chokeholds new york state plans to classify false race based calls to Emergency Services as a hate crime and california will stop training its officers to use a type of restraint that killed george floyd across this country we train techniques on strangleholds. That put peoples lives a risk now we can argue that these are used as exceptions but at
Movement to avoid more violent protests but in minneapolis just like last night people are defying those orders and continuing to make their voices heard on the streets in los angeles a Police Cruiser was set on fire other demonstrations of unhealed in miami and chicago. Scuffles a broken up between police and protesters in new york where demonstrations are continuing into the night earlier a police car was set on fire the day before thousands of people protested outside the citys Supreme Court near the Brooklyn Bridge and outside a sports arena. President trump meanwhile has offered to send the National Military to minneapolis and pledged to put an end to what he called mob violence but his comments havent stopped people from gathering in large numbers that his front door this was the scene in front of the white house an hour ago where police set up barricades in an attempt to stop protesters from advancing meanwhile in minnesota where george floyd died the governor says hes fully mob
Washington journal, we look at the latest on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic with virginia ben clinen and thomas suozzi. Good morning. Thursday, may 28, 2020. The house returns at 9 00 a. M. Totern to vote on renew federal surveillance powers. President trump will receive a briefing at the white house on the 2020 Hurricane Season after the first launch on u. S. Soil was delayed due to the weather. On the death in minneapolis monday have an unarmed black man at the hands of police. After some protest turned violent overnight, we open our phones to hear from you about the state of Race Relations in this country. If you think Race Relations are Getting Better, 202 7488000. If you think they are getting worse, 202 7488001. If you think they are staying about the same, 202 7488002. You can send us a text this morning. That number is 202 7488003. If you do include your name and where youre from. Otherwise catch up with us on social media on cspan cspanwj. On facebook, facebo
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